09-15-2013, 12:18 PM | #1 |
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| Matt's CK Reptile
My CK Reptile!! Chassis: CrawlerKeller Reptile Links and suspension: CrawlerKeller Ti Reptile links Axial scx10 shocks Losi mini t springs JeepinDoug spring cups Axles: Axial XR10 cases VP motor plates VP Trans cases VP upper link mounts Lightened RC4WD gears Stock ground universals VP Wraith knuckles NCD Max steering kit Rowdy Batt mount Rowdy motor electronics mount RCBros knuckle weights Wheels, tires, foam: VP slw v6 OTTSIX Voodoo silver white dot rovers CI Double Deuce Electronics: Futaba 4PL Tekin FXR's CC bec Brood 35t Specters Hitec 7954 Gens Ace 3s 450 I'm very excited for this build! Thanks to OTTSIX for hosting the post season build off!! -Matt Last edited by Matt,; 09-29-2013 at 09:29 AM. |
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09-15-2013, 09:10 PM | #2 |
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Looking forward to seeing how this comes along Matt and cant wait to go crawling again with ya |
09-16-2013, 08:06 AM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: n. palm beach
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Are the Haribo's for energy? |
09-16-2013, 06:46 PM | #4 |
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| Re: Matt's CK Reptile Yes. lol I dunno, I thought it was pretty neat seeing them in the package, they were pretty good. First thing I needed to do was to rewire my electronics. Here's what I was working with. Everything de soldered. Trying to figure out how to make all that stuff look more neat. Looks ok. Heat shrink. X2. What a pain. If I were to do it again, I think I would ship them to someone to have them shrink them. I enjoy soldering but when it gets really intricate I have a hard time. For what it is I think it turned out ok. |
09-17-2013, 08:21 PM | #5 |
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Shocks! scx10 shocks my friend gave to me, worked out well with my plans for the build. I found the scx10 tech thread on here and a link to Hulksta's how to and pretty much followed it to a t, so if you've seen it before this will be boring lol. Here's the link: Crawl ANZ - View topic - Pro rig shock Tech The goods. The shocks. Disassembled. Machined pistons. JeepinDoug spring cups and Mini T silvers. New uses for old friends. Shazam! I'll start off with the silvers to see how it goes and tune from there. |
09-17-2013, 08:44 PM | #6 |
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Looks great buddy!! Just make sure the heat shrink isn't tight enough to push the buttons on the fxr's. Not saying it is but one of them looks pretty tight. Ty
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09-18-2013, 06:40 PM | #7 | |
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Oh man, it's coming together! Links! Teflon skid. Axles on, trying to figure out where to put all these wires. Brood Powah!! 35t specters, hhk-t | |
09-18-2013, 06:52 PM | #8 |
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09-18-2013, 07:08 PM | #9 | |
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| Re: Matt's CK Reptile Quote:
I didn't post many pics of the axle because it was pretty much assembled from my previous rig but I forgot there is one thing I wanted to show. I had my machine tool friend do these for me and I think they turned out stellar!! | |
09-18-2013, 07:30 PM | #10 |
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Nice machine work!! Was it RC4wd gear? What it the pre and post weight??
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09-18-2013, 08:30 PM | #11 |
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09-18-2013, 10:47 PM | #12 |
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What a sweet looking build. I've liked this chassis since the first time I saw it. On the electronics, if you ever do " ship them out", I highly recommend christhebatteryman. He did a smash fir me a few months ago and it is super clean. Good luck wrapping this up and I look forward to hearing how it performs! I may have to get one of these!
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09-18-2013, 11:01 PM | #13 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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Your friend did a really nice job on those gears!
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09-19-2013, 05:54 PM | #14 | |
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Yeah he did. I really didn't tell him how I wanted them either, I just showed him some photos and told him to make them lighter. | |
09-22-2013, 09:17 AM | #15 |
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Order from RCBros. Really diggin these servo clamps! |
09-22-2013, 08:13 PM | #16 |
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Drove the truck yesterday, went to a spot I had never been to but only heard great things about and it was awesome! So awesome that I didn't want to put down the radio and pick up the camera. The truck performs well but needs tuning and I need practice lol. I was really impressed with the break over compared to my old rig. When I got back home from the spot I decided I wasn't done and went to another place right by my house. After about 15 minutes of driving my servo started screaming and grinding, I must have put it in just the right bind or something because it is nice and seized. I suppose it's better it happened where it did than during a comp. So, I put an order into RPP for a 7950 and some other goodies. Hopefully they arrive before next weekend so I can get out and get some pics and maybe some video! |
09-22-2013, 08:37 PM | #17 |
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looking good matt
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09-28-2013, 09:16 AM | #18 |
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| Re: Matt's CK Reptile Hey thanks man! Got my order from RPP. I'll turn some tiny wrenches today and hopefully get up and running. I've never fine turned my FXRs I've just been running on the settings you can adjust with the buttons, and hopefully I can lose some weight with some aluminum rod end balls. |
09-28-2013, 02:52 PM | #19 |
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My new 7950 with my homebrew servo armor Before aluminum rod end balls rtr weight After |
09-29-2013, 03:44 AM | #20 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2011 Location: Cali/Korea
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Ok, im tuned in now! Coming together nice brother. LIK |
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